Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-28
SWELLING OF JORDAN.
DR.. TAINAGE ALLUDES To SPURIOUS SER
MONS GOING THE ROUNDS
OF the Press With His Name Attaehed-A Strong
Sermon for Inc Weary and Vexed-Ths
Necessity ct CLrl1's Relgian-ltiS
the Only Rock 70 Tie 70.

| crhacle thls morning VAST tnfOnS rose lC
| sing the opening doXOlogy:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
After brief exposition OF Scripture by
the pastor, the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage,
d. d., and the singing Of (. hymn, Professor
Henry Eyre Browne rendered an organ
solo, Sonata No. in d minor, by Gull
mant. The subject of Or. Talmage's ser
mon was:
''The Swelling of Jordan, y and his text
jeremiah ch. II, Y. ,: III thou hast run
with the foOtmen, and they have wearieC
thee, then how canst thou contend with
horses? and ifin the land of peace, where
in thou trustedst they wearied thee, ther
how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jor
dam" The eloquent preacher said:
Not in petulant but in kindly terms
must complain that wrong has been done
me, and the cause of honest journalism by
PRETENDED SERMON
that is going the rounds of hundreds o.
papers with my name appended, a sermon
entitled Frauds Detected text, Num-
bers, Oh. -, V. %; But if We will not dc
so, behold, We have sinned against the
Lord; and be sure your sin will find you
out" Not one sentence of that pretend.
ed sermon did preach Ii this were the
only oflensc of the kind would not speak
OF il. Such q fraud is not only wrong
| TO Inc but to tine gentlemen who, AT these
tables, Sabbath by Sabbath, take accurate
report of what is said and done; and is a
| gross wrong to the two thousand newSpa-
perS which give every week my sermon in
| full to their readers, and often ut great
expense TO themselves. The only fault
have to find with the newspaper press OF
this country is, that they treat me too
well But | cannot be made responsible
for entire sermons, not one word Of which
did | preach! But now ] turn from per
SOnal explanation TO the more important
subject OF the text.
JEREMIAH HAD BECOME IMPATIENT
with his troubles. God says TO him: "li
YOU cannot stand these small trials and
prosecutions, what are you going to do
when the greater trials ana prosecutions
come? Ii you have been running race
with lootmen and they have beaten you,
what chance is there that you will Out-run
horses" And then the figure is changed.
You know in April and May, the Jordan
OverlOws its banks, and the waters rush
violently on, sweeping everything before
them. And God says to the prophet: at
you are overcome with smaller trials and
veXatiOns which have ISSailed you, what
will you do when the trials and annoy
anccs aud prosecutions of life come in Il
iicshct?' "lf in the land Of peace where.
in thou truSteist, they wearied thee, theu
how wilt thou do in the swelling of IOr-
dam"
Ipropose, il God will help me, in a very
practical way to ask il is such \ diff
cult thing to get along without the religion
OF Jesus Christ. when things are cDmpIra.
lively smooth, what will we do without
Christ amid the OveIpOwering miSfortunes
and dis uS,erS Of life that may come upon
az? If troubles, slow rs fOotmen, surpasS
us, what will we do when they take the
feet Of horses? And if now in our lifetime
we are beaten back and submerged of sor-
Jesus TO comfort IL. what will we do when
we stand in death aud we feel all around
about Us 1.-THE swelling Of Jordan" The
fact that you have come here, my brother,
nv sister, shows that you have some
things you believe in common with my
self. You believe that there is a God.
There is not an Atheist in all this house.
do not believe there ever was a real
Atheist in all the world. Napoleon was
on 4 ships deck hound for Egypt 1t was
a bright starry night, and as he paced the
deck, thinking OF the great affairs of the
state and of the battle, he heard two men
on the deck in conversation about God:
one saying there was a God and the other
saying there was none. Napoleon stopped
ard looked up at the starry heavens ard
then he turned to these men in converse.
tOn, aud said: Gentlemen, | heard one
of you say there is 10 God; if there Is no
God, will you please tell NIT who made all
that" Aye, ii you had not been pcTsua-
ded of it before you are persuaded Of it
nov; lUT
THE SHINING HEAVENS DECLARE THE
GLORY or GOD
and the earth shows his hIndiwOrk But
YOU belle more than that; You believe that
there was Jesus; YOU believe that there
was cross; YOU believe that you have an
immortal soul; you believe that you must
be regencratcd Icy the spirit ofGOd, or you
Gao never dwell IN bliss eternal. ! think
great many OF yUu will sIy that You
think il is important 10 have the religion
of Jesus Christ every day OF our life, 10
smooth our tempers and purify our minds,
and hold us impeTturahle amid all the an
nOyances and veXatiOnS of life. You and
| have seen 81 many men tramplcd down
by mislOrtuUes because they had no faith
in Jesus and YOU say 10 yourself: IF
they were 50 easily overcome Ivy the trials
Of life, what will il bc when greater mis-
fortunes come upon them heart breaking
calamitieS, tremendous griefs?n oh, five
have 10 god to comfort us when our for
tune goes, and we look upon tie grave Of
our children, and our houses are dcsOlate,
what will become Of us? What sad
thing ii is to see men all Uuhelped Of God,
going out to fight giants Of
trouble; no closet oil prayer
in which TO retreat, no promise of mercy
to soOthe the soul, no rock Of refuge in
which to hide from the blast Oh, when
the swift cOursers Of trouble are brought
up, champing and painting for the race,
and the rcins are thrown upon their necEs,
and the lathered fianks at every spring
feel the stroke of the lash, what can We
do on foot with them2 How can We com
pete with them? If, having run with the
foOtmen, they weaTied Us, how tan We
contend with horses!
WE HAVE ALL YIELDED To TEMPTATION.
We have been surprised afterwards that
50 small on inducement could have de-
coyed Us from the right. How insignii-
cant a temptation has sometimes cap-
tured our soul! And if that is 81, my
dear brother, what will it he when We
come TO stand in the presence OF tempta-
tiOn that Frustrated David, and 4
Moses and Peter, and some of the
mightieSt men in all Gods kiagdOms
Now We are honest; hut suppose We
were placed in some path Of life, as many
Of Gods children have been, where sll the
forces Of earth and he'll combine 90 capture
the soul? Without Jesus we would go
down under it. If already We have been
beaten by insignificant foOtmen, we wOuld